The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics might be approaching its end, but there’s no shortage of exciting competition and races to watch on Friday. On day 13, the International Olympic Committee was let off the hook somewhat, as Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva finished fourth in the women’s single skate. Canada, meanwhile, beat the USA 3-2 to win the women’s ice hockey final and reclaim its title after losing it to the Americans in 2018. China’s Eileen Gu also breezed through freeski half-pipe qualification and into Friday’s finals, as she targets a third medal in her first Games. Here are the top five events not to be missed on day 14. Women’s bobsleigh Twenty teams will race against each other in the two-women event at 8pm. Mariama Jamanka and Alexandra Burghardt of Germany will be looking to defend their Olympic title, but they face stiff competition from Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman of Team USA. Meyers Taylor won silver in the event at the 2014 and 2018 Olympic Games, and also in the monobob in Beijing. China is represented by the team of Huai Mingming and Wang Guan, as well as Ying Qing and Du Jiani, but both are unlikely to medal given their inexperience. China has only recently started to develop its bobsleigh programme and hire foreign coaches, such as Canadian Florian Linder. The women will do their first two heats on Friday and the last two on Saturday. The times of all four heats will be added together to determine final rankings. Curling: Sweden vs Great Britain Team GB are facing Sweden again in women’s curling, this time in the semi-finals. The last time they faced each other, it was a resounding victory for the Britons, who won 8-2. But that was early in the curling campaign, and Sweden came out of the round robin stage ranked second, one place higher than Britain. While Team GB lost four out of nine games, the Swedes were only defeated in two. Sweden are seeking redemption at 8.05pm. Failing that, they will be relegated to the bronze medal game and out of gold medal contention. Pairs figure skating Pairs figure skating at the Beijing Games will start at 6.30pm with the short programme segment. China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong are back for another attempt at gold. The pair qualified with the highest score in the short programme at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, but they were beaten in the free skating segment by pairs from Canada and Germany, the latter of which set a record. Sui and Han settled for the silver. On Friday, they face an uphill challenge against Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov, the 2021 world champions, representing the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). Another ROC duo, Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii, who won bronze at the world championships, are also eyeing gold. Only the top 16 pairs will qualify for the free skating segment on Saturday. Freestyle skiing half-pipe After a close round of qualification on Thursday, the final three runs are here for women’s freeski half-pipe. Each of the skiers will have three chances to produce their best score for medal contention. China’s Eileen Gu – favourite to win gold – will be the 12th and last athlete to go for a first run. She qualified with the highest score of 95.50, six points more than that of Canada’s Rachael Karker in second place. Karker is a strong contender for the medal as well. She is making her Olympic debut in Beijing but has won a silver at the 2021 World Championships. Estonia’s Kelly Sildaru is another skier to watch out for – she won gold on her World Championship debut in 2019. The first run starts at 9.30am. Last of the biathlon We have the last of the biathlon events in Beijing on Friday. Women’s 12.5km mass start will begin at 3pm after being pushed forward from Saturday because of strong winds and temperatures lower than minus 15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit). Lisa Theresa Hauser of Austria, the 2021 world champion, will try to fend off a challenge from Norway’s Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, the world championships’ silver medallist, and Tiril Eckhoff, the bronze medallist at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. The men’s mass start will begin at 5pm. France’s Quentin Fillon Maillet will be trying to secure his third biathlon gold and sixth medal at the Beijing Games. It’s been an incredible campaign for the 29-year-old, who is already the first biathlete to win five medals at a single Winter Games. Norway’s Sturla Holm Laegreid and Johannes Dale, who won gold and silver ahead of Fillon Maillet at the 2021 World Championships, will be competing for a spot on the podium. China is fielding 27-year-old Cheng Fangming, but he is not expected to win a medal.